Global Patent Index - EP 2096502 A3

EP 2096502 A3 20100721 - Image forming apparatus and drive mechanism for driving and rotating a plurality of photosensitive bodies

Title (en)

Image forming apparatus and drive mechanism for driving and rotating a plurality of photosensitive bodies

Title (de)

Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung und Antriebsystem für den Antrieb einer Mehrzahl an photoleitende Körper.

Title (fr)

Appareil de formation d'images et système de entrainement d'une pluralité de photoconducteurs

Publication

EP 2096502 A3 20100721 (EN)

Application

EP 09002206 A 20090217

Priority

JP 2008049518 A 20080229

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2096502A2] An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of photosensitive bodies disposed along a moving direction of a recording medium; a drive mechanism for driving and rotating the plurality of photosensitive bodies; a plurality of exposure units, each exposure unit being associated with a respective one of the photosensitive bodies, the each exposure unit configured to expose the respective photosensitive body; a determining unit for determining an exposure-starting phase that is a rotation phase at an exposure-starting timing with respect to one photosensitive body among the plurality of photosensitive bodies; and a varying unit for varying a exposure-starting time difference between the exposure-starting timing of the one photosensitive body and an exposure-starting timing of an other photosensitive body disposed at a downstream side of the one photosensitive body in the moving direction of the recording medium, based on the exposure-starting phase.

IPC 8 full level

G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/043 (2006.01); G03G 15/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G03G 15/0131 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/0194 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/326 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/757 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/043 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 2215/0008 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 2215/0119 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2096502 A2 20090902; EP 2096502 A3 20100721; EP 2096502 B1 20150513; CN 101520635 A 20090902; CN 101520635 B 20120418; JP 2009205076 A 20090910; JP 5025526 B2 20120912; US 2009220278 A1 20090903; US 8295735 B2 20121023

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09002206 A 20090217; CN 200910119128 A 20090302; JP 2008049518 A 20080229; US 39216509 A 20090225